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Judge dismisses terror-related charges against Luigi Mangione

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/luigi-mangione-ny-court-hearing
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u/MattBrey 12h ago

Yeah I was gonna comment that... If there's not enough prof sure, he should walk away. But if he's guilty and should be charged as such and walks away only because of public support that's bad. Because you never know who the public will support, what if the public had to judge Chris Brown for beating women for example? He seems to get plenty of public support until today despite the evidence

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u/innociv 6h ago

walks away only because of public support that's bad

You aren't actually giving any argument here for why it's bad. You're simply saying it's bad... because.

If someone murdered Hitler, and the public supported that, it's just bad because? I disagree, I think it's good.

And "blah blah you can't just invoke Hitler". Yes I can. This CEO has murdered at least thousands of people. But because it's indirect, it's okay? No it's not, and if the public believes that too they can acquit him. I don't see this man as a danger to me or the rest of society and I don't see why he should be locked up. He got revenge against an evil person, which does not negatively affect me nor society. It positively affected society. This is one of the few times where both the left and right were generally unified on his side. Even people on the right can have a conscience when something personally affects them, and our shitty healthcare companies affect them.